Category Archives: Iris System

At last, recently published FCC documents have revealed what the new Iris hub is going to look like. They even give some insight into some of the new technologies that are going to be in it. Our initial investigation of FCC documents indicates the new hub will contain as many as 4 USB ports and will have a built-in… Read More »

A week before Memorial Day 2015 the seemingly unimaginable happened soon after moving in to our new house; a heavy rainstorm dropped several inches of rain in less than a half hour causing the city sewer system to back up into our and several neighbors’ basements. Having just moved three days prior to the flood the basement was still full of stacks… Read More »

It’s been almost a week since the 4.06r05 hub update was released that brought support for some yet to be released devices along with the usual “performance enhancements and bug fixes”. Outside of the issues I’ve recently encountered which I’ll cover shortly, I haven’t seen any firsthand reports of problems associated with the update. Also receiving significant mentioned in the release notes… Read More »

Lowe’s today released an update to the Iris iOS app which adds support for the new GE indoor modules and recently released lock scheduling feature. Aside from the usual bug fixes and performance enhancements, the release notes state that it also fixes an issue with secondary contacts logging into the app. This update to 1.9.30 is available in the Apple App store… Read More »

Lowes today released an update for iOS users adding support for TouchID fingerprint authentication. Apple iPhone users with TouchID enabled iOS 8 devices can now take advantage of TouchID support within the Iris mobile app and eliminate the use of passwords. This is a major security and convenience win for Lowes. Here’s how it works; after going into… Read More »

The Holidays are almost upon us and for many like myself that means lots of lights and decorations. In our household, last year was the first Christmas with Iris and in retrospect the experience could be described as less of It’s a Wonderful Life and more like Home Alone. There were times I felt I was playing Macaulay Culkin’s… Read More »